Worried that Taxol might not work...

cristinel

Hello to everybody and all the best for the members of this community in 2017! Happy New Year!

I am new on this forum and I hope that your past and current experiences might help me during my treatment. Of course, if possible, I hope I can help others too...

Right now, I dealing with an issue that is affecting a bit my morale during chemo treatment...

Short info about my diagnosis: triple-negative breast cancer, one lump ~4cm, stage IIB - diagnosed in August 2016.

I started neo-adjuvant chemo in September, standard 4 AC + 4 Taxol, every 3 weeks. Had already completed the ACs, and I responded well to the "red-devils" - my tumor size shrink to 40% of its size before chemo.

After that I also completed 2 sessions of Taxol, but I am worried since the size of the tumor is roughly the same as in the moment I finished the ACs.

To be honest, even tough I haven't run through official measurements, it looks that the length of the tumor is a few millimeters bigger. I have to admit that, on the other hand, the lump feels thinner.

I started to worried a bit... I experienced a positive development with the AC treatment, and right now I fear that Taxol might not work.

I will meet my oncologist one week from now, but I was hoping that you can also help me with some advice or share from your experiences:

- how was your reaction to Taxol?

- how did the tumor behaved? (it became thinner? it melted? its length shrink?)

- what can I do if Taxol is not working?

P.S. Sorry for my English. I'm not a native speaker...

Moderators

Hello Cristinel,

Welcome to the BCO community and happy new year!

Your questions are important ones and we're sure other members will be along soon to offer their experiences and advice.

You may also like to check out and post in the thread below where other members are discussing this.

Weekly Taxol Group

Wishing you well,

The Moderators.

jlwins

Strongly recommend you do a genetic testing. BRCA1/2.